Sanitary clothes-locker



H. M. LAMB.

SANITARY CLOTHES LOCKER.

APPLICATION FILED Aue.9. 1920.

1,378,802. Patented May 17,1921.

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H. M. LAMB.

SAMTARY cLoTHEs LocKER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-9. 1920.

1,378,802. Patented May17,1921.

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` UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HOHER M. LAMB, OF WEST IRANKFORT, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOB OF ONE-THIRD T0 LOUIS KLEIN AND ONE-THIRD T0 GEORGE B. GREENBAUM, BOTH OF FRANK- FORT, ILLINOIS.

SANITARY CLOTHFS-LOCKER.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented May 17, 1921.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HoMnR M. llame, a citizen of the United States,Y residing at West Frankfort, in the county of Franklin and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Sanitary Clothes-Lockers, of which the folle wing is a s eciication.

n object of this invention is to produce a sanitary clothes locker which shall be practically thief proof.

An object 1s to produce an elevated reticulated locker that will occupy comparatively small floor space, and being elevated will permit of the attendant observing the person using the same, while being reticulated permits of the free circulation of air therethrough so that thel clothes therein can be quickly dried.

A further object is to produce a locker which is elevated higher than the height of an ordinar person, and which comprises a substantially rectangular box-like body constructed of wire mesh or the like and in which the door therefor is located at the bottom thereof, the standard on which the locker is supported being provided with hooks for holding clothes during the changing of garments by the user, while on the standard is a slide having additional means for supporting clothes as welll as a seat for the reception of the user in changing his clothes, the said slide being also provided with means whereby the same may be locked in the locker when the slide is elevated and with additional means for lockin the door thereto when the said slide is 1n its elevated and locked ostion.

The foregoing ob]ects, and others which will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood. may be accomplished by the construction, combination and opera tive arrangement of parts, such as is disclosed by the'vdrawin'gs. i

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevationl of the improvement with the slide in its lowered position.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same.

Fi 3 is a sectional view, approximately on t e line 3--3 of Fig. 1, with the slide elevated and the door locked.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view approximately on the line 4.-.-4 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5,is aperspective view of the slide, with the elements attached thereto, such as the clothes hanger support and the seat, removed.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the support.

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary top plan view of the inner end portion of the locker.

Fig. 8V is a transverse sectional view through the T-iron and the spaced bars that engage therewith.

Preferably, but not necessarily the support of the improved locker is in the nature of two spaced bars l-l, which have their ends offset to provide feet 2 that have means passing therethrough for securing the bars to the floor, and to the ceiling of the room in which the locker is located. The bars 1--1 thus provide the standard for the construction, and the locker 3 is connected in any desired manner to the standard. The locker is in the nature of a rectangular member, constituting frames that have facings of spring wire mesh, the said locker being closed on all of its faces except its bottom. On the lower corners of the locker are outstanding studs 4. These studs pass through elongated slots 5 in the sides of the bottom frame 6. The bottom frame is of a size to snugly close the locker when moved thereunder. The bottom frame is really in the nature of the door for the locker, and when in open position is slid on the studs 4 and arranged angularly with respect to the outer face of the locker, as illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings. The bottom frame is provided with a hook 7 designed the locker for holding the frame in its said angular position and the bottom of the locker open. Of course two hooks may be employed on the door that provides the bottom 6 and in which instance two lugs are provided upon the locker. By reference to the drawings it will be noted that the central portion of the locker is formed with a substantially rectangular channelportion to receive therein the standard,`and the door, which constitutes the bottom 6, is likewise provided with a small depression.

Arranged for slidable movement between the bars 11, that constitute thestandard, is a plate 9. The plate 9 preferably has its rear end anged as at 10, and this, it will be to engage a lug 8 on one side of seat and the slide.

When the device is arranged against a wall, the wall itself prevents the T-iron that constitutes the slide from moving rearwardly against the bars 1-1 that constitute the standard, but when the locker is positioned away from a wall, suitable means is employed for preventing the rearward movement of the slide through the members constituting the standard. As a matter of fact, the rod 11 and the seat 16 will hold the rib of the slide properly between the plates constituting the standard.

The bars 1, comprising the standard, at the portion thereof within the locker 3 have a pivoted bolt 18 and keeper 19 therefor. The plate 9, which provides the central `rib of the slide has an outstanding lug 2O which rests on the bol-t 18 when the latter is moved to engagement with its keeper. 1n addition to this, if desired, the inner end of the door that comprises the bottom 6 may be received in a notch in the said slide. The bottom which constitutes the door 6 is provided with a depending apertured lug 21. Suspended by a flexible element 22 on the standard is a bar 24 that is designed to be passed through an opening 25 in a lug 26 on the slide. The bar 24 is designed to pass through openings in the lugs 26 and 21, and to have the hasp of the lock 27 pass through the opening 25 `in the said bar to prevent the withdrawal thereof by unauthorized persons, sothat the locker can be only opened by the owner thereof.

It is believed that the foregoing description, when taken in connection with the drawings will amply set forth the construction and the advantages of my improvement without 4further detailed description.

What I claim is:

l. An elevated locker having an open bottom and a slidable door for closing-the bottom, and means for locking the door.

2. An elevated locker having a slidable door for closing the bottom thereof, means for locking the door in closed position, and means for latching the door in open position.

3. An elevated reticulated locker having an open bottom, a slidable and tiltable door for closing the bottom, means for locking the door in closed position, and means for sustaining theidoor tilted when in open position.

4. A reticulated elevated locker having an open bottom and a slidable and tiltable door for closing the bottom, means for sustaining the door tilted in open position, a standard supporting the locker, a slide vertically movable on the standard and having clothes supporting means which are designed to be moved downwardly below the locker when the door thereof 1s in open position, and which, when moved in an opposite direction `are designed to be fully received in the locker, means between the standard and slide arranged in the locker for holding the slide in its last mentioned position, and means for locking the door of the lockerwhen the same is in closed position.

5. A reticulated locker having an open bottom, a door having its sides slotted and engaged by studs on the lower corners of the locker, means for supporting the door at an inclination with respect to the locker when in open position, a standard supporting the locker elevated, a slide movable through the standard, a horizontal seat arranged transversely on the slide, a rod on the slide having article supporting means thereon, means for locking the slide to the standard when the latter is moved to bring its article supporting means into the locker, and means for locking the door to the slide when the latter is in its last mentioned position.

6. A reticulated locker having an open bottom, a standard comprising two spaced members .to which the locker is secured, a slidable and tiltable door for closing the open bottom of the locker, means for sustaining the door in open position, a cross sectionally T-shaped plate slidable between the spaced members constituting the standard, article sustaining means carried by the slidable plate and received in the locker when the slidable plate is elevated, and arranged below the said locker when the door of the latter is opened and the slide is moved downwardly, and a lug on the slide, a swinging bolt carried by the standards and arranged in the locker designed to engage beneath the lug and hold the slide elevated and the article sustaining means in the locker, and means between the door of the locker and the standard for locking the former to the latter when the door is in closed position.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

HOMER M. LAMB. 

